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Sargo (SSN-583)
Launching - Shakedown

Radio Call Sign: November - Echo - India - Hotel

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Keel Laying - Building
Commissioning - Decommissioning

Skate Class Submarine: Laid down, 21 February 1956, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.; Launched, 10 October 1957; Commissioned, USS Sargo (SSN-583), 1 October 1958; Decommissioned 26 Feb 1988 at Pearl Harbor, and struck from the Naval Register, 21 April 1988; Final Disposition, disposed of through NPSSRP (Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 14 April 1994 to 5 April 1995.
Partial data submitted by Ron Reeves, HTC, USNR (ret.)

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 2,570 t., Submerged: 2,861 t.; Length 267' 8" ; Beam 25'; Draft 20'; Speed, Surfaced 23 kts, Submerged 18+ kts; Complement 8 Officers, 75 Enlisted; Armament, six 21" torpedo tubes, Propulsion, S3W pressurized water cooled reactor, steam turbines, two propellers, 13,200 shp.

Size	Image Description	Source
182k	Allen Bullock, a former crew member of Sargo (SS-188) views the Sargo (SSN-583) on the building ways at Mare Island on 8 Oct 1957.	US Navy photo # NY9 36929-10-57, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
117k	Two tickets for Sargo's (SSN-583) launching at Mare Island on 10 Oct 1957.	Photo courtesy of Richard & Alice Bloom.
158k	Front and back pages of Sargo's (SSN-583) launching program.	US Navy photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
242k	Inside pages of Sargo's (SSN-583) launching program.	US Navy photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
214k	Art work on the front page of launching program.	US Navy photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
154k	Sargo (SSN-583) is ready for launching at Mare Island on 10 Oct 1957.	US Navy photo # NY9 36980-10-57, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
163k	Stern view of Sargo (SSN-583) on the building ways on her launch day at Mare Island on 10 Oct 1957.	U.S. Navy photo # 36979-10-57, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
187k	The Sargo (SSN-583) is dressed for her launching at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 10 Oct 1957.	US Navy photo # NY9 36978-10-57, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
152k	The Christening Party arrives for the christening of the Sargo (SSN-583) at Mare Island on 10 Oct 1957. The party is from left to right: VADM F. T. Watkins, USN, Commander Anti-Submarine Defense Force, Mrs. F. T. Watkins (Sponsor) and Mrs. F. T. Watkins Jr. (Matron of Honor).	US Navy photo # NY9 36985-10-57, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
166k	Mrs F. T. Watkins (Sponsor) christens the Sargo (SSN-583) on 10 Oct 1957 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard.	US Navy photo # NY9 36995-10-57, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
195k	View of the christening of Sargo (SSN-583) at Mare Island on 10 Oct 1957.	U.S. Navy photo # 36997-10-57, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
77k	Christening bottle and case for the Sargo (SSN-583).	U.S. Navy photo # 37015-10-57, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
132k	The Sargo (SSN-583) begins to slide down the launching ramp.	Photo courtesy of Mike Roberts Photo, Berkeley, CA., & submitted by Robert M. Cieri.
938k	Sargo (SSN-583) is seen at the end of the ways during her launching at Mare Island on 10 October 1957.	US Navy photo # 36999-10-57, courtesy of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker.
110k	Sargo (SSN-583) is waterborne after her launching at Mare Island on 10 Oct 1957.	U.S. Navy photo # 36999-10-57, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
102k	Sargo (SSN-583) is waterborne after launching at Mare Island on 10 Oct 1957.	US Navy photo # NY9 37001-10-57, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
833k	Broadside of Sargo (SSN-583) immediately after launching at Mare Island on 10 October 1957. Her launching cradle is in the foreground.	US Navy photo # 37003-10-57, courtesy of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum via Darryl L. Baker.
32k	Commemorative post mark honoring Sargo's (SSN-583) launching, 10 Oct 1957 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
1.0m	View of the bow of Grayback (SSG-574) at her outfitting berth at Mare Island on 17 December 1957. Sargo (SSN-583) is forward of *Grayback*.	U.S. Navy photo # 8078-12-57, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. Photo added 05/13/09.
362k	Bow view of the Sargo (SSN-583) is shown being outfitted at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 6 Jan 1958.	US Navy photo # NY9 37790-1-58, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
168k	Sargo (SSN-583) is seen in dry dock #1 at Mare Island on 19 March 1958.	US Navy photo # NY9 38544-3-58, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
77k	A surfaced Sargo (SSN-583) underway during her trials in May, 1958.	USN photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo via parche683.net.
290k	Senior trials members aboard Sargo (SSN-583) on 3 August 1958. Left to right: I. H. Whitthorne, Senior Yard Manager; RADM Hyman G. RIckover; and RADM Edward J. Fahy, Shipyard Commander.	US Navy photo # 40466-8-58 courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
845k	Earlier morning view of the Sargo (SSN-583) preparing to get underway for trials on 3 August 1958 at Mare Island. *YTL-592* is alongside.	US Navy photo # 40450-8-58 courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
758k	Sargo (SSN-583) departing Mare Island for trials on 3 August 1958.	US Navy photo # 40453-8-58 courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
132k	Sargo (SSN-583) is seen departing Mare Island on 3 August 1958 for trials. The object in the left hand corner is a temporary building and the hull sections that line the dockyard are either for Theodore Roosevelt (SSGN-600) or Permit (SSN-594).	US Navy photo # NY9 40452-8-58, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
73k	VIPs ready for Sargo's (SSN-583) sea trials in August 1958. From left to right: CDR E. E. Kintner, USN (Shipyard Nuclear Power Supt.); Capt. Eugene P. Wilkinson )Original CO of Nautilus (SSN-571); Admiral Hyman G. Rickover; CDR D. P. Brooks, USN (Commanding Officer of *Sargo*).	US Navy photo # NY9 40449-8-58, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
91k	Sargo (SSN-583) underway in San Pablo Bay of Mare Island departing on sea trials, 9 September 1958.	US Navy photo # NY9 41103-9-58, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.
211k	Aerial view of Sargo (SSN-583) off Mare Island on 13 September 1958.	US Navy photo # NY9 41078-9-58, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker.